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Israel/Palestine War: There Can Be No Peace Without Justice

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2023

By Kazeem Akintunde ‘When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace- Jimi Hendrix’ Inger Skjelsbæk, a Norwegian professor of Gender Studies at the Centre for Gender Research in Oslo, gave the world a popular quote when she said: “Peace is more than the absence of

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Salary increase or stronger Naira?

Daily Dispatch October 15, 2023

By Hassan Gimba For five years now, I have been advocating for our currency to be strong rather than for salaries to be increased. Not because those collecting salaries from the government are a minuscule few or because of the tendency that makes the prices of everything skyrocket. No. and not because the implication will […]

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A Manual For The New Cook In The Capitol

Daily Dispatch October 15, 2023

By Tunde Olusunle He made a name for himself as the ultimate builder of infrastructure during his eight-year tour of duty as Rivers State governor. His accomplishments in the development of flyovers for example was to serve two purposes as he has serially theorised. One is to mitigate traffic in the Rivers State capital. The […]

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2024 Edo guber: Preliminary interrogatories and examined responses

Daily Dispatch October 14, 2023

By Sufuyan Ojeifo I have lost count of the number of aspirants jostling to be governor of Edo State in 2024. This is understandable. It is the first time, since the inception of the current fourth republic democracy in 1999, that there has been a rash of interests seeking some collocation within the circumference of […]

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When I forged my exam record

Daily Dispatch October 13, 2023

By Tunde Odesola My father, Pa Bisi Odesola, is a retired builder. He owned a little construction concern, Bisi Builders, which constructed a number of buildings in Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Lekki, Ajah and across the country. He exposed me and my immediate younger brother, Biodun, to site life at tender ages. Don’t get it twisted, […]

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Bring Bibi’s Head

Daily Dispatch October 12, 2023

By Azu Ishiekwene This is the moment the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu always feared with great anxiety. Yet when Hamas launched a deadly attack on Southern Israeli border towns in the early hours of October 7, Bibi and Israel’s elite security forces were unprepared.  In a bizarre fabrication intended to complete Bibi’s humiliation […]